Category Archives: Canadian author/illustrator

Bertolt

Posted on June 1, 2017 by

I love this sweetly strange book about being different, being a loner and loving a 55-year-old oak. Bertolt by Jacques Goldstein (translated from the French by Claudia Zoe Bedrick) is lovely and though the storyline meanders a bit, I love the … Continue reading →

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The Nest

Posted on March 28, 2016 by

The Nest is a haunting and surreal book about a boy named Steve whose newborn brother is born with a host of medical problems that require surgeries and hospitalizations. Through Steve’s dreams and his conversations with the knife man, we see … Continue reading →

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Bug In A Vacuum

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

Bug in a Vacuum is so much more than a picture book. First off, it’s way more than 32 pages. Those pages, though, are jam-packed with fabulous illustrations, funny anecdotes that move the story forward and…a bug and dog. The dog … Continue reading →

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Kate and Pippin: An Unlikely Friendship

Posted on June 2, 2015 by

Kate and Pippin: An Unlikely Friendship by Martin Springett and photographed by Isobel Springett is the true story of a rescued fawn the mutual caring that developed with a Great Dane. Sweet and unlikely, yes, but even more interesting is what happens after … Continue reading →

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123 Versus ABC

Posted on May 26, 2015 by

If a book about numbers and a book about letters meshed, and then the numbers and the letters fought about whose book it was, well, you’d have 123 Versus ABC by Mike Boldt. The letter A and the number 1 host a growing parade of … Continue reading →

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Splat!

Posted on April 22, 2015 by

An almost wordless book about revenge, Splat! by Roslyn Schwartz brings on a good laugh. After all, what do you wish you could do when a pigeon leaves its mark on you? Warning: scatalogical humour inside.

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It’s A Tiger

Posted on April 2, 2015 by

Everywhere you turn, there’s a tiger! Ah, run! Exciting and fun to read, David LaRochelle and Jeremy Tankard‘s It’s A Tiger! makes the expected unexpected every time. The childlike tiger is delightful and not too fierce, especially when we find out what … Continue reading →

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The Cat At The Wall

Posted on December 11, 2014 by

Through the eyes of a cat, we see the story of two Israeli soldiers in Bethlehem who take over a home in order to watch for terrorists. While at first the home seems empty, Clare, the cat, shows them that … Continue reading →

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The Lion And The Bird

Posted on September 12, 2014 by

The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc is a picture book about a lion dressed in overalls who helps out a bird with a broken wing. Because the bird can’t fly south with its flock, it stays the winter … Continue reading →

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Jane, The Fox & Me

Posted on August 21, 2014 by

Jane, The Fox & Me, a beautiful graphic novel looks much like a picture book, both with its size and its style of illustrations. Hélène, a middle schooler in Montreal, Quebec, is suddenly outcast by her friends, and she believes the graffiti … Continue reading →

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